https://start.it.uts.edu.au/ UTS:IT Messages http://start.it.uts.edu.au/start.gif https://start.it.uts.edu.au/ https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003526 <p>Microsoft Tech.Ed University Student Day After noon of Tuesday 2nd September Darling Harbour Convention Centre You can see the full agenda at http://www.microsoft.com.au/teched/studentday</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003525 <p>Details in message below: http://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003521</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003524 <p>UTS, in a partnership with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, has recently won an ARC Linkage Grant to investigate the reliable delivery of next generation telecommunication networks and services.  We are therefore looking for two people interested in industrial research problems and gaining a PhD to join the team.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003523 <p>The third Ultimo Science Festival bursts into life from 22 to 31 August 2008 with day and night events, school sessions, family days, pub events, talks and forums for everyone. It's not just for geeks, scientists and students (though they'll be there...) it's for everybody! Read on for details...</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003522 <p>Wednesday 20th August 2008, 7:00pm to 8:30pm</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003521 <p>It will be opened from 15 August until 22 August 2008. The Major Problem Survey gives students an opportunity to identify major problems with particular subjects or the course in general.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003520 <p>The ACS Foundation, released its record breaking results for the 2007 financial year this week. More than 430 IT scholarships worth a record $4.4 million were awarded to students across Australia throughout 2007. May 2008 was a record month for the Foundation which for the first time awarded more than $1 million ($1.2 million) in scholarships, and June followed closely with $800,000 in awarded scholarships.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003519 <p>In CIO Magazine today. Two back-to-back views - career guidance for student software developers. The choice is yours.... 5 Reasons Why a Developer Might Want to Become a CIO 8 Reasons Why a Developer Would NEVER Want To Be a CIO See below ....</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003517 <p>Anyone has a recovery disc for Toshiba Satellite M110?</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003516 The Faculty is providing a free one-to-one PEER LEARNING SUPPORT service which is available to assist all students in the 1st year subjects of the BScIT degree. The service is provided by final year BScIT students Matthew and Michael. <p> The service will continue until the end of semester. So if you have any questions about your subjects or would like some help with your studies ‘drop-in’ to outside Room 10.3.480 on Level 3 of Building 10 at these times; <P> Monday 1pm-3pm, Tuesday 10am-12noon and Wednesday 1pm-5pm. See you there!! https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003511 <p>SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater is a series of amazing animations.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003510 <p>Applications close on 17-Aug - this year we are looking for up to 9 students in the penultimate year of their graduate degree to undertake an 8 week paid work experience placement and it would be good to get some excellent students in. http://www.commbank.com.au/careers/summerRecruitment.asp</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003509 <p>Many students in the current Computer Graphics subjects want to buy a second-hand textbook for the subject. If you have an old textbook from Computer Graphics subjects, which is Computer Graphics with OpenGL by Hearn D, and Baker M P (Third Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2004) and want to sell it, please contact Helen Lu through helenlu@it.uts.edu.au. Thanks.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003508 <p>Oracle are having some information sessions for IT grads on 13th August at 6pm at the Intercontinental Hotel in the city. There will be food and beverages. If you would like to go please rsvp sharon.lim@oracle.com</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003507 <p>Encouraging Young Australians to engage in our working democracy, the Constitution Education Fund Australia (CEFA) is proud to present the prestigious Undergraduate Governor- General’s Essay Competition awarding up to $33,000 in cash prizes. read on if you are interested...</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003506 <p>2008 Panduit Excellence Scholarship Program Panduit, a world-class developer and provider of leading edge physical infrastructure solutions, and the sponsor of the Networking Academy Panduit Network Infrastructure Essentials (PNIE) course, has partnered with Cisco Learning Institute to provide scholarships through the Panduit Excellence Scholarship Program. This annual scholarship program will provide financial assistance to post-secondary Networking Academy students enrolled in CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration courses for the 2008-2009 academic year. This program is available to qualifying students in the Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, and U.S. regions. A US$1000 scholarship will be awarded to 40 recipients to partially fund their tuition at their respective institution.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003505 <p>Project Australia, a not-for-profit organisation helping people get their socially-focussed ideas off the ground. They(www.projectaustralia.org.au), are seeking a technically savvy, voluntary Programmer to join the web development team. This is an exciting opportunity to put your technical skills to use in order to create real social change in Australia</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003504 <p>There are few places now available for enrolling into 32012, Internet QoS. This subject will be offered combining both theories and lab exercises. First six weeks of the lectures will be Theories followed by Simulation based lab exercises for the rest part of the semester. Theories and concepts related to different advanced networking topics will be presented through lectures while in the labs students are expected to perform lab based exercises.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003502 <p>Are you a uni student concerned about climate change? Want to know how you can turn your concern into action AND have fun while you’re doing it? Apply now for FREE climate leaders training. For more information and details on how to apply read on ...</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003501 <p>Please see the attached questions below if you are interested or have an opinion on mobile phone wall paper...</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003500 <p>10am-midday Friday 1 August UTS Room 10.2.240, Ground floor, Building 10, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo ING Direct will set up an information desk at UTS with recruitment and IT staff providing information and advice about roles and opportunities within their company. Contact officer: Kim Nicholson, (02) 9028 4820</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003499 <p>As part of National ICT Careers Week, UNSW, UTS and the University of Sydney are holding a combined event to promote the ICT industry and to encourage more students to study IT and computing at school and university. The event will be held at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney. There will be staff from firms such as IBM, Google & Westpac. Register online at www.it.usyd.edu.au/ictweek</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003498 <p>Sameena Sultana,(ex UTS from BearingPoint is organising an afternoon tea for girl IT and Engineering students. Bearing Point is sponsor of BIT students. It should be fun, here are the details- TEA with BE Location: The BAR, SIR STAMFORD at Circular Quay, 93 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Date: Tuesday 12 August 2008 Time: 3.00 - 500 pm RSVP- sameena.sultana@bearingpoint.com</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003497 <p>Dear students The day classes of these Cisco embedded subjects have some spots available for suitably qualified Master Students from MIT and Interentworking. Please check the timetable - students who enrol in these subjects are expected to attend all classes. Night classes are full. Good luck Elaine</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003496 <p>There are some spaces available in day classes for suitably qualified students who wish to do the above Cisco embedded subjects. The class on Monday at 9.00 am can take another 12 students who have the prerequisites. Please check the timetable. Night classes are full.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003495 <p>Andrew Boag, director of the Australian wing of Catalyst IT, will giving a brief presentation about open source and leading an discussion for students, teachers and anyone who has an interest in the topic of open source.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003494 <p>The Faculty will be running introductory workshops on unix in week 1. These workshops are an ideal way for students to familiarise themselves with the unix operating system in general. Students whose only experience with computers has always involved Microsoft Windows will especially benefit. Individual Workshops are limited to a maximum of 30 students and places are allocated on a first-come first-served basis. All workshops will be held in 10.2.450 Times for the workshops are : Tuesday 29th July 10 am - 12 noon Wednesday 30th July 10 am - 12 noon 1 pm - 3 pm Thursday 31st July 2 pm - 4 pm</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003490 <p>Nominations are now called for candidates, who are eligible to participate in student elections, to fill the following positions on FACULTY BOARD IN ENGINEERING & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003489 <p>Flexible part-time work in UTS:IT is available (4-8 hours/week) for one or two final year BScIT or Honours students. The position is to provide a ‘drop-in’ peer learning support service for 1st year BScIT students for Spring semester 2008. You need to have good people and problem solving skills and at least a credit WAM. Have you already worked supporting students? If you are interested please send a concise resume as soon as possible to Andrew Litchfield at ajl@it.uts.edu.au. Contact me by email or phone 9514 4501 if you’d like to discuss the position further.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003488 <p>The following is on behalf of Brett Smout (Head, University Counselling Service). Please contact either Catherine Young or Brett for more information.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003487 <p>Read on for details of a Graduate Program seminar during National ICT Careers Week.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2003486 <p>Students doing placement or project-based subjects can choose to do a community project through the University’s community program, UTS Shopfront. See the list of community projects available for Spring semester at http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/shopfront/projects/available/index.cfm or contact Lisa Andersen on extension 2902.</p> https://start.it.uts.edu.au/m/motd/2002529 <p>Please note that the content of the popular subject 32517 Commerce on the Internet is now being taught in the subject 32120 Introduction to eBusiness Technology. There are some places available for students who would like to study this subject. Ricky Leung takes this subject and he may be contacted at ricky@it.uts.edu.au if you require further information</p>